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than in the latter; the apex is also more deeply indented than in 
the Spider. The ground — of the lip (a warm reddish brow wn) 
is also intermediate, while the disc bears a strong metallic lustre 
ame ow brilliant as in the I 
e plants were growing i in the vicinity of the two mee ie 
Paley there seems no reason to doubt their hybrid or In 
a more recent note in the Orchid Review (August, 1906), ‘Mr. Rolfe 
refers to other hybrids betoren species of Ophrys which have been 
recorded “ found in 
In the figure, a fe muscifera is scogoR on the right, 
O. ar ere on the left, and the hybrid betwee 
A.B. R. 
BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB REPORT, 1905. 
[Tux Report of the Exchange Club for a (issued in April last) 
by Mr. J. Walter White, «Editor and Dis tributor,” is, like that 
for 1904, preceded by the « genet | 8 Report’ in the form of a 
letter—it concludes ‘‘ with all best wishes, I am, yours very 
sincerely, G. C e Druce "—in which are mentioned ie of the 
‘chief items of botanical interest of the year 1904 °— misprint 
for 1905. We have never quite understood the reason for this 
innovation, but if, as is probable, it is intended for the benefit of 
th ose botanists who do not see gard botanical literature, it is 
M 
‘s 
whose admirable parcels deserve mention.” Mr. Bickham was 
many years ago well known among ae botanists, ee his return 
to their ranks is a matter of gratificatio 
e note the continued tendency to add to the number of ase 
recorded for Britain, and still feel sane these are ot increased on 
insufficient grounds, and that new names are somewhat “hastily 
imposed and even os Cr ety) 4 published without ditieation that 
they are new. We cannot but feel that to publish new names or 
descriptions of Species ies in a Report of a Club shows a want of 
such names give, and the difficulty, or even impossibility, of running 
them to earth when they are once starte 
The Rev. W. R. Linton, Shirley Vicarage, Sey will be the 
seb and editor = 1906.—Ep. Journ. Bor.] 
= T. coLtinum eee . CALCAREUM 
Jord. | HeCanas. Geoth, Onuinaes: Aug. 1905. Ta the Lond. 
